Delicious and healthy snack for kids (and adults too)

Looking for an easy way to get your kids to eat more fruit or a healthy treat to replace candy this Halloween? Check out Crispy Green's line of freeze dried snacks. These are so incredibly delicious it is not to be believed.
They come in individual serving packets with roughly the equivalent of one piece of fruit per bag. The perfect size for a Halloween tick-or-treat goodie. Good thing the bags aren't bigger or my girls (and myself) would eat a whole week's worth of fruit at one sitting. Best yet, there's nothing added at all. It is just freeze dried fruit and is mmm mmm good.

Crispy Fruit snacks come in Crispy Apples, Crispy Bananas, Crispy Pears and Crispy Pineapples. We tried the apples and pears. They taste like candy but are light and fluffy with a great crunch that makes them a fulfilling treat.
Crispy Green also makes mouth-watering Strawberry FruitziO snacks. These are made with freeze-dried strawberries plus a touch of cane sugar. One bag has 100 calories and provides 110% of the daily-recommended amount of vitamin C.

There's no preservatives, fat, cholesterol or sodium in any of these treats. Plus they're peanut/tree nut free, gluten-free, dairy free and certified kosher.
The only downside: they're a bit pricey. I'd eat them all day everyday otherwise. But they are portable, mess-free and last a lot longer than fruit so at least you won't waste any. You can find them at grocers, amazon.com and at crispygreen.com.

Foogo Straw Bottles

Knowing we'd be in the car for long stretches without breaks, we brought along Foogo Straw Bottles on our recent road trip to California. (You can read about the trip HERE.) These bottles boast that they keep liquids cool and fresh for up to 12 hours. They didn't disappoint. We put Ellerie's (10 months old) formula in hers. Ava had watered down apple juice. Both girls liked the containers. Ava (2 years old) found it easy to push the button to open the pop top too.
They advertise as leak-proof and they mostly are. But the tiny print on the packaging insert reveals that they aren't truly leak proof unless the lid is closed. Still, we didn't have a problem, even when Ellerie routinely threw hers onto the floor.
They are a overpriced at $18 a pop. But they are stylish, practical, made from safe stainless steel (ie, without BPA), and good for both of my girls despite their age difference. Plus, they seem sturdy so we should have these for many a road trip to come.

Podee

What's that contraption that Ellerie is sucking on in this photo? Lots of people ask me just that everyday!
It's a Podee ($9). It has been hands down THE best baby feeding product I’ve bought. It allows my daughter to suck down her formula while I do the dishes, run errands, check email, or stroll her to the park. Check it out at: www.podee.com
You can buy them at Babies R Us.
(I submitted a proposal to write an article on this and other fav feeding products for babble.com. I'll let you know if it gets published so you can check it out!)